On a beautiful summer evening in the quiet town of Marlow, a young woman is walking home from church. She passes a man who is looking at the engine of his car. He turns round, smiles at her... and throws acid into her face. Then her father, the scientist George Ashton, disappears. And her sister, Penny, discovers that her husband-to-be, Malcolm, is a government agent. Why has Ashton disappeared, and why is Malcolm told to hunt for him? Who is George Ashton, anyway? And who is the enemy?

Every day people come to Mason's store - old people, young people, men and women. From his office, and in the store, Mark watches them. And when they leave the store, he forgets them. Then one day a girl with red hair comes to the store, and everything changes for Mark. Now he can't forget the beautiful face, those green eyes, and that red hair . . .

It is the year 2030, and an email message arrives at New York Café: 'I want to help people and make them happy!' But not everybody is happy about the email, and soon the police and the President are very interested in the New York Café.

جروم کلاپکا جروم Jerome K Jerome نويسنده، روزنامه‌نگار، طنزپرداز، نمايش‌نامه‌نويس، و رمان‌نويس اهل بريتانيا بود که بيشتر براي کتاب طنز سفرنامه سه مرد در يک قايق Three Men in a Boat شناخته شده است. جروم. ک. جروم Jerome K Jerome يکي از فکاهي‌نويسان معروف و مطرح جهان است. جي. و دوستانش جورج و هريس J. George and Harris تصميم مي گيرند که سفري را بر روي رودخانه تميز Thames اغاز کنند تا شايد حال و هوايي عوض کرده باشند. اما پيش از آغاز سفر، آنها از اين موضوع خبر ندارند که اتفاقاتي از قبيل تغييرات آب و هوايي و از دست رفتن آذوقه و چندين موارد ديگر قرار است برايشان رخ دهد. گفتگوها و افکار اين سه تن بيشتر شبيه ارزوهاي نهفته در طبيعت بشر است که گاه مي تواند مضحک ودر عين حال دلگير جلوه کند. بيشتر متن کتاب شبيه لطيفه هايي بسيار جذاب براي خوانندگان مدرن بنظر مي رسد، اما نويسنده با تلفيق طنز و فرهنگ هر مسيري که در آن وارد مي شوند، خواننده را با خود به اعماق داستان مي کشاند و او را در تجربه اي لذت بخش سهيم مي سازد.

Luke is a good-looking young man, but he's not very clever with words. Gemma is clever with words, but what does she want? Lucy and Becky are good friends, but what about Sam? He makes wonderful cakes, but does he make mistakes too? Nina and Dragan are in love, so deeply in love, but they live in the wrong place, at the wrong time... All love stories have moments of happiness, pain, misunderstanding, laughter, and sometimes great sadness. But love will nearly always find a way...